Region 9 : The Government Information Agency has issued a release stating that Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud accompanied by People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Presidential Candidate, Donald Ramotar yesterday visited Aishalton and Lethem, Region Nine, where they re-affirmed the Administration’s commitment to do all that is necessary to cushion the blow to their livelihoods as a result of the heavy inundation caused by excessive rainfall over the past few days.
Minister Persaud highlighted if emergency steps are not taken then food supplies can be threatened.
To this end, mills to assist in the processing of cassava into farine, large containers to store farine, and water purification tablets, as requested by the residents, will be freighted into the community as early as today.
According to the Government information, Minister Persaud said, “climate-smart” type agriculture, a practice that the Ministry has been actively promoting. This means that farmers have to develop a culture whereby the peculiarities of the climate is incorporated in their planning with regards to agricultural food production.
The Presidential Candidate said that Government is doing its utmost to ensure that affected communities survive this difficult period and reminded that all the erratic weather conditions that the country has been experiencing is a result of global warming.
Ramotar called on the residents to use this opportunity to start thinking about ways in which certain practices can be changed since, “we are very fortunate that we have most of our forest intact and therefore we must think very carefully about some of the things that we do in order to protect our environment because it contributes very much to our way of life.”]
( Photos courtesy of GINA )
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